Do domestic pitchers get tired faster in the heat. For the first time in two weeks, only five domestic pitchers in the ERA 10th place → Lim Chan-kyu and Oh Won-seok. Concern over the world of foreigners

Jun 29, 2025

Do domestic pitchers get tired faster in the heat. For the first time in two weeks, only five domestic pitchers in the ERA 10th place → Lim Chan-kyu and Oh Won-seok. Concern over the world of foreigners
Samsung Won Tae-in is catching his breath in the game against LG at Jamsil Stadium. Look for five other places. Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com



Do domestic pitchers get tired faster in the heat. For the first time in two weeks, only five domestic pitchers in the ERA 10th place → Lim Chan-kyu and Oh Won-seok. Concern over the world of foreigners
A game between the LG Twins and the KIA Tigers at Jamsil Stadium on the 28th. LG Song Seung-ki is catching his breath. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.06.28/
Do domestic pitchers get tired faster in the heat. For the first time in two weeks, only five domestic pitchers in the ERA 10th place → Lim Chan-kyu and Oh Won-seok. Concern over the world of foreigners
Lotte and KT held at Sajik Stadium in Busan on the 28th. KT Oh Won-seok is pitching as a starter. Busan = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.06.28/
The heat is coming quickly as the daytime temperature has recently exceeded 30 degrees. Amid the rising need for physical fitness management, there are concerns that domestic pitchers are getting tired faster.

Korean pitchers are disappearing from the ERA list. There are only two Korean pitchers in the top 10 ERA on the 28th. LG Twins' Lim Chan-kyu is ranked third with 2.66, and KT Wiz's Oh Won-seok is sixth with 287.

The remaining eight are all foreign pitchers. First place is Cody Ponce (1.99) of Hanwha Eagles and second place is Drew Anderson (2.11) of SSG Landers. Fourth place was taken by James Nail (2.68) of the KIA Tigers and fifth place by Emanuel De Heysus (2.75) of the KT Wiz. Samsung Lions Ariel Furado (2.87), Hanwha Ryan Weiss (3.02), NC Dinos Logan Allen (3.02) and Riley Thompson (3.02) are ranked 7th to 10th.




According to the ERA ranking table on the 15th, two weeks ago, foreign pitchers such as No. 1 Anderson (2.09), No. 2 Ponce (2.16), No. 3 Heysus (2.43), Nail (2.57), etc. swept the top four, but five Korean pitchers, including No. 5 Lim Chan-kyu (2.61), No. 6 Song Seung-ki (2.65), No. 7 Won Tae-in (2.68), No. 9 Ko Young-pyo (2.93), No. 10 Oh Won-seok (2.93).

Do domestic pitchers get tired faster in the heat. For the first time in two weeks, only five domestic pitchers in the ERA 10th place → Lim Chan-kyu and Oh Won-seok. Concern over the world of foreigners
Kiwoom-Hanwha match held at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 22nd. Starting pitcher Ponce is pitching. Daejeon = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.6.22/
Do domestic pitchers get tired faster in the heat. For the first time in two weeks, only five domestic pitchers in the ERA 10th place → Lim Chan-kyu and Oh Won-seok. Concern over the world of foreigners
A match between SSG and KIA at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on the 22nd. SSG Anderson is pitching as a starter. Incheon = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.06.22/
Until the 27th, domestic pitchers were in the top ranks with Song Seung-ki (2.57), Won Tae-in (2.59), and Lim Chan-kyu (2.66), ranking fourth, but Song Seung-ki rose sharply to 3.25 on the 28th with seven hits and seven runs in two ⅓ against KIA, and Won Tae-in also pitched a shocking seven hits and eight runs (seven earned runs) in five innings against Kiwoom, rising to 3.13, falling out of the top 10.

When the weather gets hot, physical difficulties follow. The starting pitcher may be less restrained. Foreign pitchers who spray more than 150 kilometers of fastballs are rather holding out for the early heat.




It will be important how well you endure the real heat in July and August. Recently, several teams have been preparing for the summer series by giving starting pitchers a break to take the mound once or twice.

For LG, Son Joo-young and Lim Chan-kyu took a 10-day break, and Samsung also gave Hurado a starting rotation once

It gave me a break to take out. KIA also gave Nail and Adam Oler a 10-day break in preparation for the heat. It is not easy to exclude two foreign starters at once, but a big decision was made to compete in the summer and the second half of the year.




Will domestic pitchers be able to gain strength and enter the top 10 again. Or will it be occupied by foreign pitchers as it is. Who wins the summer has become important.



This article was translated by Naver AI translator.